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An Early Presenting Esophageal Schwannoma

Authors :
Shelly S. Choo
Maurice Smith
Ashley Cimino-Mathews
Stephen C. Yang
Source :
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Vol 2011 (2011)
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Hindawi Limited, 2011.

Abstract

Esophageal schwannoma is a rare diagnosis and historically has been a tumor of middle-aged females. We report a case of a 22-year-old male presenting initially with dyspnea secondary to tracheal compression from an 8 × 6 × 3.0 cm esophageal schwannoma. The tumor was surgically resected, and diagnosis was confirmed with immunohistochemical and pathological studies. We report the youngest case of esophageal schwannoma in an otherwise healthy individual.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16876121 and 1687630X
Volume :
2011
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9a9eb95c8a74b4da119cff27e91bfed
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/165120